• assisting the client in tracking the FY2011 Sending bills and CR's. Notifying the client to changes made resulting from budget cuts that would affect their issues.
• Researching and seeking out various funding and grant opportunities for the client to deal with natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and other emergency situations.
• Researching grant and other funding opportunities for specialty crops and other client initiatives regarding agriculture. seeking funding for the study of the Red Bay Ambrosia Beetle and other invasive species that affect crops. Seeking funding for damage incurred during sudden freeze to crops

Duration: January 1, 2008 to February 28, 2011

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Agriculture, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Housing, Defense, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $630,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Bureau of Justice Assistance, Army - Dept of (Other) , Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Natl Institute of Justice, Army - Dept of (Other), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms (ATF), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA)